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The main organization in North America is the Over The Water Hurdy-Gurdy Association which sponsers an annual festival in September, with instruction for all levels of play. There are other organizations, listed in the Organizations Directory The group photo from the 2004 Over the Water Hurdy-Gurdy Festival For a larger file (113 MB) click here.
